2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11 August.

At the beginning it was Shalane Flanagan who took out the pace, with the African contenders content to let her. Following was Hitomi Niiya, who after a brief rainshower took over the lead as Flanagan faded after the first 8 laps. Niiya held the lead until the final 600 meters as the pack dwindled. That was when Tirunesh Dibaba began to race seriously. Followed by her teammate, Belaynesh Oljira, the two Ethiopians picked up the pace with Kenyans Gladys Cherono and Emily Chebet giving chase, Niiya couldn't handle the acceleration and disappeared from contention. Even Oljira couldn't keep up with Dibaba's smooth pace to gold, she was passed by Cherono who gave a game effort and picked up the silver.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record29:31.78 Beijing, China8 September 1993Championship record30:04.18 Paris, France23 August 2003World Leading30:08.06 Stockholm, Sweden27 June 2013African record29:53.80 Utrecht, Netherlands14 June 2009Asian record29:31.78 Beijing, People's Republic of China8 September 1993North, Central American and Caribbean record30:22.22 Beijing, People's Republic of China15 August 2008South American record31:16.56 São Paulo, Brazil3 August 2011European record29:56.34 Beijing, People's Republic of China15 August 2008Oceanian record30:35.54 Palo Alto, CA, United States4 May 2008

Qualification standards A timeB time 31:45:00 32:05:00

Schedule Date Time Round11 August 2013 21:05 Final

Results KEY:NRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Final The final was started at 21:05.Final Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Tirunesh Dibaba 30:43.35 Gladys Cherono 30:45.17 Belaynesh Oljira 30:46.98 Emily Chebet 30:47.02 PB Hitomi Niiya 30:56.70 PB Shitaye Eshete 31:13.79 SB Selly Chepyego Kaptich 31:22.11 PB Shalane Flanagan 31:34.83 Ababel Yeshaneh 32:02.09 10 Christelle Daunay 32:04.44 SB 11 Marisol Romero 32:16.36 12 Jordan Hasay 32:17.93 13 Ana Dulce Félix 32:36.73 14 Amy Hastings 32:51.19 15 Karolina Jarzyńska 32:54.15 16 Juliet Chekwel 32:57.02 NR 17 Gulshat Fazlitdinova 33:31.49 Sabrina Mockenhaupt Lara Tamsett

References

External links 10000 metres results at IAAF website